Women of the Sun
Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 4
Follows the lives and struggles of four generations Australian Aboriginal women from the 1820s to the 1980s.
Episodes(4)
1. Alinta the Flame - the 1820s
The lives of the Nyari people are completely disrupted when two convicts are washed up on the beach of their tribal lands.
Air Date : 1982-07-05
2. Maydina the Shadow - the 1890s
Maydina and Biri escape from the seal hunters who enslaved them. Their intent is to escape back to their traditional lands, but they quickly learn that these lands have been settled and their people have now scattered.
Air Date : 1982-07-12
3. Nerida Anderson, 1939
Nerida is a young, educated indigenous woman who returns to the government mission where her family lives, after spending several years in the city. She is shocked by the conditions and attempts to motivate her people to improve them.
Air Date : 1982-07-19
4. Lo-Arna, 1981
Ann Cutler is the 18-year-old adopted daughter of middle-class parents in an Australian country town. She has been told that she is French-Polynesian and that there is no record of her birth parents beyond knowledge of their nationality. The truth is that she is born of her adoptive father, Doug Cutler, and an Aboriginal woman called Alice Wilson, who lives locally.
Air Date : 1982-07-26
Cast
Ron Johnson
(Trooper)
Naykakan Munung
(Young Alinta)
William Zappa
(McNab)
Yangathu Wanambi
(Alinta)
Gordon Lunyupi
(Murra)
Gatja Munyarryun
(Towradgi)
Garrala Gurruwiwi
(Turuga)
Walumarri Wunungmurra
(Morrorra)
Wurrandilngawuy
(Kiah)
Adam Joseph
(Finlay)
Nippuranydja Munungurr
(Warroo)
Djinkirij Gurruwiwi
(Young Wonda)
Beyawuy Marawili
(Wonda)
Anthony 'Tony' Hawkins
(Goodman)
David Scott
(Fisher)
Ken Grant
(Bosun)
Reg Evans
(Stuckey)
Dhapanga Dhamarrandgi
(Conara)
Wirrikuwuy Munungurr
(Nowra)
Gambili Wunungmurra
(Keri)
Danydjoti Dhamarrandgi
(Ingar)
Ross Williams
(Sailor)
Christopher Barry
(Sailor)
Djondu Wanambi
(Tulla)
Raparawuy Gurruwiwi
(Neer-wun)
David Yunipingu
(Joe)
William Bowker
(Horserider)
Neil Waters
(Horserider)
Geoff Lucas
(Horserider)
Mawuyul Yanthalawuy
(Maydina)
Julia Blake
(Mrs. McPhee)
Freddy Reynolds
(Charlie / Joala)
William Johnson
(Rev. Bligh)
Sonia Pozzana
(Biri)
Doug Briggs
(Little Johnny)
James Laurie
(Edward)
Essie Coffey
(Maggie)
Anne Saward
(Matilda)
Roger Oakley
(Mr. Johnson)
Wandjuk Marika
(Old Tommy)
Alfred Austin
(Old Timothy)
Michael Duffield
(Muller)
Chris Haywood
(Alf)
Tommy Dysart
(Joe)
Inez Harold
(Takari)
Neil McColl
(Sergeant)
Howard Eynon
(Sergeant)
Cyril Cooper
(Trooper)
Arthur Edwards
(Trooper)
Ollie Patton
(Trooper)
Justine Saunders
(Nerida Anderson)
Graham Rouse
(Mr. Felton)
Felicity Gordon
(Mrs. Felton)
Minnie Patton
(Grannie Anderson)
Lorraine Mafi-Williams
(Ivy Anderson)
Stan Roach
(Bill Anderson)
Paul Pryor
(Ron Anderson)
Joyce Johnson
(Auntie Rachel)
Boori Monty Pryor
(Andy)
Yvette Isaacs
(Maisie)
Ed Thurley
(Frank Reilly)
Robin Cuming
(Mr. Short)
Geoff Parry
(Mr. Watson)
Jack Charles
(Peter)
Wesley Williams
(Eddy)
Phemie Day
(Alma)
Aaron Williams
(Small boy)
Bill Bennett
(Magistrate)
David John
(Clerk of Court)
Peter Aanensen
(Prosecuting Sergeant)
David Ashton
(Senior Constable)
Johnny Quinn
(Policeman Constable)
Eva Birrit
(Alice Wilson)
Max Phipps
(Doug Cutler)
Michelle Lanyon
(Ann Cutler)
Fiona Spence
(Joy Cutler)
Mollie Dyer
(Val Pearce)
David Cameron
(Nick)
Bob Maza
(Jimmy Randle)
Michael Cockatoo
(Peter Randle)
Gordon Edwards
(Jamie Randle)
Margaret Tucker
(Grannie Johnson)
Amanda Muggleton
(Secretary)
Adele Lewin
(Receptionist)
James Wright
(Public Servant)
Osvaldo Maione
(President)
Luciano Catenacci
(Secretary)
Giancarlo Giusti
(Treasurer)
Jo Ghiocas
(Doorman)
Terry Trimble
(Building Inspector)
John Callum-Howell
(Demolition Supervisor)
David Hursthouse
(Health Inspector)
Victor Kazan
(Senior Constable)
Peter Stratford
(Harry Stark)
John Murphy
(Frank O'Shaugnessy)
Janet Lord
(Waitress)
Tony Grande
(Toni)
Greg Stroud
(Telecom Boy)
Diana Murray
(Young Woman)
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